---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 19:04:41 +0530 From: Munesh nibm <muneshnibm@gmail.com> To: lis-forum@ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Subject: Re: LIS-Forum Digest, Vol 123, Issue 26 Hi...prof. friends In continuation of discussion- "oss and commercial s/w" raised by V K Mishra Sir and replied by Ashok Sir on same,...I would like to add few points here... "Be owner of your data always, like your ownership of physical collection". If you have your upadated data of your library activities, with you then you can easily migrate to your desired solutions... It is 100% possible in case of oss but, difficult in case of commercial solutions. So be cautious while adopting commercial software regarding data policy. Never depends on software firms. Open Source S/W is better than commercial as we all know. Even, AICTE also has mentioned in its Handbook to go for open source software in your libraries. Be owner of your library in real and as well as in virtual. With thanks, your friend Munesh Kumar Add- mun_esh@hotmail.com ( P) asst.librarian@nitgoa.ac.in (o) 9970219639